ELGIN 3 SE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(262562) ELGIN 3 SE
From Year=1965 To Year=1985
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 125 199 319 507 845 1087 1330 1272 1023 722 330 132 7892
40 S 125 324 643 1150 1995 3082 4413 5685 6708 7430 7759 7892 7892
45 M 49 100 183 362 690 937 1175 1117 873 568 203 53 6310
45 S 49 149 332 694 1384 2321 3496 4613 5486 6054 6257 6310 6310
50 M 14 40 84 231 536 787 1020 962 723 419 103 14 4933
50 S 14 53 137 368 904 1691 2712 3674 4397 4816 4919 4933 4933
55 M 2 9 29 125 388 637 865 807 574 281 39 1 3759
55 S 2 11 40 165 553 1190 2056 2863 3437 3718 3758 3759 3759
60 M 0 1 6 53 252 487 710 652 427 164 9 0 2762
60 S 0 1 7 61 313 800 1511 2163 2589 2753 2762 2762 2762
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 88 136 206 330 533 661 801 785 650 461 215 97 4963
50 S 88 223 429 759 1291 1953 2754 3539 4190 4651 4866 4963 4963
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu